Originally Posted by
TheDarkKnightt
Nearly all of my driving has been interstate and US highway miles, sometimes putting 1200 miles on it in a weekend, I wonder if this helps or hurts it?
Always heard that interstate driving is worse for a car than a rough road at slow speeds.
I honestly think these cars really do best on long drives, with as little city driving as possible. Driving on the freeway is easier on the engine than stop-and-go and the oil always heats up to the proper temp. Less wear on steering components, since at high speeds you need very little steering force as opposed to doing 90 degree turns all the time. Tires may get hotter, but they won't wear as quickly since there is less acceleration and braking. Speaking of brakes, they'll last longer too since you shouldn't brake that often on the freeway. Going at speed on highways reduced the amount of carbon deposits and other junk that accumulates from driving short distances with little time to warm-up.
I'm pretty confident you could put almost any of these cars solely on the freeway and they'd really run forever. Your 2005 XC with 169,000 miles is probably in much better shape than my 2000 XC with 129,000 miles.
2000 V70XC 2.4L Turbo - Emerald Green -245,000 miles
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